CLOTHING MANUFACTURER SUPPLIERS HAVE FACED DOWN THEIR OWN KNOCK-ON DISRUPTION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
March 1st, 2021
The suspension of orders by clothing brands because of Covid-19 has not just been a problem for apparel manufacturers – the suppliers of these companies, including textile manufacturers, weavers, finishers, yarn producers and even fibre makers, have all suffered. With work drying up for manufacturers, upstream suppliers have lost orders.
China has been a case in point. In March 2020, at the height of the public health crisis in China, an industry survey in Shaoxing City’s Keqiao District (China Textile City), found that 64.8% of local textile companies have ...
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